Merry Christmas, Krampus is an independently published children’s book that tells the story of legendary Christmastime creature Krampus and how one child from Santa’s Naughty List teaches him that all “bad” children have some good in them.
While the majority of children’s picture books use either hand-drawn or computer illustrations, Merry Christmas, Krampus will be told through beautifully staged still photographs featuring handcrafted puppets andsets. Once the images are captured, each posable puppet will be enhanced with a digitally mapped two-dimensional, line-drawn face. The final effect will give the puppets a wide range of playful expressions.
Our creative team members are Artie Esposito, Andrea Coleman, Sean Johnson and Patrick Johnson. We are professional designers, painters, puppet builders and puppeteers. Collectively,we have worked for Disney Animation, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Nickelodeon,Disney Imagineering and The Muppets Studio on such projects as Kidding, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Jungle Book and the Pee-wee Herman Show.
Santa’s horned counterpart,Krampus, spends the year mining coal and gathering sticks to give to the naughty boys and girls. But every December, Santa prevents Krampus from doing his job because Santa believes all children deserve toys at Christmas. This year,Krampus has had enough. He pushes Santa out of the sleigh and embarks on an adventure to put a piece of coal in every stocking.
On his first stop, Krampus encounters Randy Ruckus, who is the worst kid on the planet. Randy jumps into the sleigh and makes Krampus’ night a nightmare. But by the end, Randy has performed several good deeds, showing Krampus that all “bad” children have some good in them, and everyone deserves a second chance.
Every environment, character,chair and cup will need to be created by hand. We’ll need to construct a wide range of model sets, including Santa’s workshop, Randy’s house and Krampus’ cave. In addition, we will be hiring a professional lighting designer and photographer to capture the images that will appear in the finished book.
Our goal is to have Merry Christmas, Krampus printed and under your tree by Christmas 2019, just in time for you to begin a new holiday tradition.
Artie Esposito is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. He has puppeteered
for The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company, and numerous divisions of The Walt Disney Company. Artie was the
performer behind Baloo in Disney’s live-action The Jungle Book movie, and he performed various puppet characters
in Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders.
He is best known as one of only a handful of performers to have the honor of
performing Kermit the Frog. His
puppet building work can be seen in many TV shows, commercials, and the
upcoming The Dark Crystal: Age of
Resistance series on Netflix.
Andrea Coleman
Andrea Coleman is an artist, illustrator and painter. She
has worked at Disney Television
Animation on multiple series, including 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and
Recess. She also sold a line of hand-painted couture handbags in boutiques
throughout the U.S. As a painter, Andrea has worked for such companies as Mattel, Disney, Gentle Giant, MondoToys and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. She painted puppets for the forthcoming
Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson has worked as a professional puppeteer and
puppet builder for more than 20 years. He has worked with Disney, The Jim Henson
Company and The Muppets. Sean’s
puppetry can be seen in the 2016 Disney feature film The Jungle Book, The Muppets
on ABC, Showtime’s series Kidding,
and the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
As a puppet builder, he worked at Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop building puppets for the Netflix series The Dark
Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder with more than 20 years of experience working The Jim Henson Company, The
Muppets and Disney. Patrick
performed various Muppet characters on ABC’s The Muppets , as well as puppet characters on Showtime’s series Kidding
and Mack on the PBS series Mack and Moxy. As a puppet builder at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, he worked
on the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. He
is best known as the voice and principal puppeteer of Lenny, the snarky puppet
pitchman for Lending Tree.
Merry Christmas, Krampus is an independently published children’s book that tells the story of legendary Christmastime creature Krampus and how one child from Santa’s Naughty List teaches him that all “bad” children have some good in them.
While the majority of children’s picture books use either hand-drawn or computer illustrations, Merry Christmas, Krampus will be told through beautifully staged still photographs featuring handcrafted puppets andsets. Once the images are captured, each posable puppet will be enhanced with a digitally mapped two-dimensional, line-drawn face. The final effect will give the puppets a wide range of playful expressions.
Our creative team members are Artie Esposito, Andrea Coleman, Sean Johnson and Patrick Johnson. We are professional designers, painters, puppet builders and puppeteers. Collectively,we have worked for Disney Animation, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Nickelodeon,Disney Imagineering and The Muppets Studio on such projects as Kidding, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Jungle Book and the Pee-wee Herman Show.
Santa’s horned counterpart,Krampus, spends the year mining coal and gathering sticks to give to the naughty boys and girls. But every December, Santa prevents Krampus from doing his job because Santa believes all children deserve toys at Christmas. This year,Krampus has had enough. He pushes Santa out of the sleigh and embarks on an adventure to put a piece of coal in every stocking.
On his first stop, Krampus encounters Randy Ruckus, who is the worst kid on the planet. Randy jumps into the sleigh and makes Krampus’ night a nightmare. But by the end, Randy has performed several good deeds, showing Krampus that all “bad” children have some good in them, and everyone deserves a second chance.
Every environment, character,chair and cup will need to be created by hand. We’ll need to construct a wide range of model sets, including Santa’s workshop, Randy’s house and Krampus’ cave. In addition, we will be hiring a professional lighting designer and photographer to capture the images that will appear in the finished book.
Our goal is to have Merry Christmas, Krampus printed and under your tree by Christmas 2019, just in time for you to begin a new holiday tradition.
Artie Esposito is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. He has puppeteered
for The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company, and numerous divisions of The Walt Disney Company. Artie was the
performer behind Baloo in Disney’s live-action The Jungle Book movie, and he performed various puppet characters
in Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders.
He is best known as one of only a handful of performers to have the honor of
performing Kermit the Frog. His
puppet building work can be seen in many TV shows, commercials, and the
upcoming The Dark Crystal: Age of
Resistance series on Netflix.
Andrea Coleman
Andrea Coleman is an artist, illustrator and painter. She
has worked at Disney Television
Animation on multiple series, including 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and
Recess. She also sold a line of hand-painted couture handbags in boutiques
throughout the U.S. As a painter, Andrea has worked for such companies as Mattel, Disney, Gentle Giant, MondoToys and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. She painted puppets for the forthcoming
Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson has worked as a professional puppeteer and
puppet builder for more than 20 years. He has worked with Disney, The Jim Henson
Company and The Muppets. Sean’s
puppetry can be seen in the 2016 Disney feature film The Jungle Book, The Muppets
on ABC, Showtime’s series Kidding,
and the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
As a puppet builder, he worked at Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop building puppets for the Netflix series The Dark
Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder with more than 20 years of experience working The Jim Henson Company, The
Muppets and Disney. Patrick
performed various Muppet characters on ABC’s The Muppets , as well as puppet characters on Showtime’s series Kidding
and Mack on the PBS series Mack and Moxy. As a puppet builder at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, he worked
on the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. He
is best known as the voice and principal puppeteer of Lenny, the snarky puppet
pitchman for Lending Tree.
Merry Christmas, Krampus is an independently published children’s book that tells the story of legendary Christmastime creature Krampus and how one child from Santa’s Naughty List teaches him that all “bad” children have some good in them.
While the majority of children’s picture books use either hand-drawn or computer illustrations, Merry Christmas, Krampus will be told through beautifully staged still photographs featuring handcrafted puppets andsets. Once the images are captured, each posable puppet will be enhanced with a digitally mapped two-dimensional, line-drawn face. The final effect will give the puppets a wide range of playful expressions.
Our creative team members are Artie Esposito, Andrea Coleman, Sean Johnson and Patrick Johnson. We are professional designers, painters, puppet builders and puppeteers. Collectively,we have worked for Disney Animation, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Nickelodeon,Disney Imagineering and The Muppets Studio on such projects as Kidding, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Jungle Book and the Pee-wee Herman Show.
Santa’s horned counterpart,Krampus, spends the year mining coal and gathering sticks to give to the naughty boys and girls. But every December, Santa prevents Krampus from doing his job because Santa believes all children deserve toys at Christmas. This year,Krampus has had enough. He pushes Santa out of the sleigh and embarks on an adventure to put a piece of coal in every stocking.
On his first stop, Krampus encounters Randy Ruckus, who is the worst kid on the planet. Randy jumps into the sleigh and makes Krampus’ night a nightmare. But by the end, Randy has performed several good deeds, showing Krampus that all “bad” children have some good in them, and everyone deserves a second chance.
Every environment, character,chair and cup will need to be created by hand. We’ll need to construct a wide range of model sets, including Santa’s workshop, Randy’s house and Krampus’ cave. In addition, we will be hiring a professional lighting designer and photographer to capture the images that will appear in the finished book.
Our goal is to have Merry Christmas, Krampus printed and under your tree by Christmas 2019, just in time for you to begin a new holiday tradition.
Artie Esposito is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. He has puppeteered
for The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Jim Henson Company, and numerous divisions of The Walt Disney Company. Artie was the
performer behind Baloo in Disney’s live-action The Jungle Book movie, and he performed various puppet characters
in Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders.
He is best known as one of only a handful of performers to have the honor of
performing Kermit the Frog. His
puppet building work can be seen in many TV shows, commercials, and the
upcoming The Dark Crystal: Age of
Resistance series on Netflix.
Andrea Coleman
Andrea Coleman is an artist, illustrator and painter. She
has worked at Disney Television
Animation on multiple series, including 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and
Recess. She also sold a line of hand-painted couture handbags in boutiques
throughout the U.S. As a painter, Andrea has worked for such companies as Mattel, Disney, Gentle Giant, MondoToys and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. She painted puppets for the forthcoming
Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson has worked as a professional puppeteer and
puppet builder for more than 20 years. He has worked with Disney, The Jim Henson
Company and The Muppets. Sean’s
puppetry can be seen in the 2016 Disney feature film The Jungle Book, The Muppets
on ABC, Showtime’s series Kidding,
and the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
As a puppet builder, he worked at Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop building puppets for the Netflix series The Dark
Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson is a professional puppeteer and puppet
builder with more than 20 years of experience working The Jim Henson Company, The
Muppets and Disney. Patrick
performed various Muppet characters on ABC’s The Muppets , as well as puppet characters on Showtime’s series Kidding
and Mack on the PBS series Mack and Moxy. As a puppet builder at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, he worked
on the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. He
is best known as the voice and principal puppeteer of Lenny, the snarky puppet
pitchman for Lending Tree.
